The Buffalo Bills may be best remembered for four straight Super Bowl losses or for the fact that they once had O.J. Simpson on the roster. Both have become associated with the bad, but in this case the hindsight vision is anything but 20/20. The team that had Simpson had the first running back to amass 2,000 yards in a single season. That incredible season and potential career were cut short by injury and did not lead to many Bills playoff tickets. The Bills tickets began to create some excitement in 1988. The start of the Marv Levy years and the no huddle offense created havoc for other teams on the AFC East regular season schedule and took fans from pointless seasons to meaningful games at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
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Jim Kelly, the quarterback that would run the deadly offense, was drafted in 1983, but would not come to the Buffalo Bills until 1986. His presence on the field was soon joined by wide receiver Andre Reed and running back Thurman Thomas. The offense attacked quickly without giving the defense time to regroup. Buffalo’s defense was led by defensive lineman Bruce Smith and was a highly ranked unit that fans often forget about. Playoff tickets in the 1990 season saw the first of four straight Super Bowl appearances. The team dominated the postseason in the AFC and came within a shank of a field goal attempt of winning its first trip, but football fans remember the two blowouts by the Cowboys instead. The Bills unsuccessful trips have made them a weary tale for teams trying for greatness and have helped prove that sometimes, in the eyes of history, it is worse to finish second than to have been competitive at all.
This season the dominant team in the AFC, the New England Patriots, have suffered the loss of quarterback Tom Brady for the entire season. This has changed the paradigm in the conference and in the AFC East division. Buffalo has a chance to make Bills playoff tickets happen now. Its defense is strong on the defensive line, with Chris Kelsay, Marcus Stroud, Kyle Williams, and Aaron Schobel and the offense is waiting to blossom under new offensive coordinator Turk Schonert . If Trent Edwards can make jumps of leaps and bounds in his second season along with running back Marshawn Lynch. Lee Evans will have to make return to his 2006 form to help Edwards. The Bills are left to fight the Jets, who are the new favorites with Brett Favre, for supremacy of the division and guaranteed postseason tickets.